The agreement, signed on April 30, establishes a joint investment fund between Kyiv and Washington and grants the U.S. special access to projects developing Ukraine's natural resources.
Ukraine is considering moving away from the U.S. dollar and closer to the euro as a benchmark for the hryvnia, National Bank Governor Andrii Pyshnyi told Reuters.
The Atesh partisan group claims it disabled communication at several Russian military facilities when it allegedly destroyed equipment at a transformer substation in the village of Mogiltsy in Russia's Moscow Oblast.
Then-Deputy Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany on May 14, 2023. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Ukraine's parliament on Sept. 5 approved Andrii Sybiha as the new foreign minister after the resignation of the previous top diplomat, Dmytro Kuleba.
Sybiha is a career diplomat who served as Ukraine's ambassador to Turkey in 2016-2019. He joined President Volodymyr Zelensky's administration as deputy chief of staff in 2021 and was transferred to the Foreign Ministry in April this year.
The resignation of Kuleba, who held the ministerial office since 2020, was approved by the parliament earlier on Sept. 5. A source close to the Presidential Office told the Kyiv Independent that Kuleba "wanted out."
The change came amid a broader government reshuffle which saw many other ministers and deputy prime ministers leave and change posts.
"We need new energy today. And these steps (reshuffle) are only related to strengthening our state in various sectors. International politics and diplomacy are no exception," Zelensky said.
"I cannot predict today what exactly some ministers will do. The answers will come when they are offered certain positions."
Chris York
